The 2013 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2013 Super GT season and the 2013 Super Formula season. It took place over November 23 and November 24, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

Background The JAF Grand Prix would be the last time the current model GT500 and the current model Super Formula cars would race, as Super GT would move to unified regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, while the Swift SF13 would be replaced by the Dallara SF14 for the 2014 Super Formula season.

The Balance of Performance in GT300 was once again adjusted, the GTA decided to adopt the balance of performance for GT3 cars from the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Unlike the eight points-scoring races in Super GT, the Fuji Sprint Cup was run under slightly different rules. The GT500 and GT300 classes were split into their own set of two races. Each driver in GT500 and GT300 would have their own 22 lap (100 km) sprint race without any mandatory pitstop. Standing starts were also implemented for each of the four races instead of the rolling start normally seen. There would be no weight ballast for any of the cars in either class.

38 cars were entered in the two Super GT classes, 15 in GT500 and 23 in GT300. The #96 Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 returning to the series after having last raced in the 2013 Fuji GT 300km, while the #35 Nismo Global Athlete Team made its only appearance of the season, with Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordóñez driving. Neither the #52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 or the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 were entered for the JAF Grand Prix, however JLOC put Hideki Yamauchi and Hiroki Yoshimoto, the drivers of the #87 car into their #88 car.

In Super Formula with the exception of André Lotterer and Loïc Duval returning to the cars they had driven for part of the season, there were no other driver changes.

Results

GT300 Race 1 results The first GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Driver Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps 1 3 NDDP Racing Daiki Sasaki Nissan GT-R GT3 36:38.256 22 2 11 Gainer Björn Wirdheim Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +1.200 22 3 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Takashi Kobayashi Honda CR-Z +9.302 22 4 48 Dijon Racing Katsumasa Chiyo Nissan GT-R GT3 +11.301 22 5 62 Leon Racing Haruki Kurosawa Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +19.163 22 6 16 Team Mugen Hideki Mutoh Honda CR-Z +20.418 22 7 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless Kyosuke Mineo Porsche 997 GT3 +21.522 22 8 88 JLOC Hideki Yamauchi Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +26.037 22 9 22 R'Qs MotorSports Masaki Jyonai Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +26.794 22 10 5 Team Mach Junichiro Yamashita Nissan GT-R GT3 +35.969 22 11 10 Gainer Masayuki Ueda Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +39.908 22 12 31 apr Koki Saga Toyota Prius +42.109 22 13 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Richard Lyons Audi R8 LMS ultra +45.122 22 14 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 Kazuho Takahashi McLaren MP4-12C GT3 +52.081 22 15 86 JLOC Koji Yamanishi Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +52.438 22 16 50 Arnage Racing Masaki Kano Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 +54.827 22 17 9 Pacific Direction Racing You Yokomaku Porsche 911 GT3-R +1:16.367 22 18 96 Dijon Racing Keiichi Inoue Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 +1 Lap 21 19 35 Nismo Athlete Global Team Alex Buncombe Nissan GT-R GT3 +2 Laps 20 20 30 apr Igor Sushko Nissan GT-R GT3 +3 Laps 19 Ret 61 R&D Sport Kota Sasaki Subaru BRZ +9 Laps 13 Ret 4 GSR Hatsune Miku Tatsuya Kataoka BMW Z4 GT3 +16 Laps 6 Ret 33 Hankook KTR Masami Kageyama Porsche 911 GT3-R +21 Laps 1 Fastest Lap – Alex Buncombe, #35 Nismo Athlete Global Team Nissan GT-R GT3 – 1:38.438

GT500 Race 1 results The first GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Driver Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps 1 17 Keihin Real Racing Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HSV-010 GT 34:37.791 22 2 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo Yuji Tachikawa Lexus SC430 +3.285 22 3 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Takashi Kogure Honda HSV-010 GT +4.439 22 4 18 Weider Dome Racing Naoki Yamamoto Honda HSV-010 GT +6.223 22 5 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S James Rossiter Lexus SC430 +9.947 22 6 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Andre Couto Lexus SC430 +11.218 22 7 23 Motul Autech NISMO Ronnie Quintarelli Nissan GT-R +14.904 22 8 12 Calsonic Team Impul Tsugio Matsuda Nissan GT-R +15.007 22 9 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Juichi Wakisaka Lexus SC430 +16.582 22 10 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Hironobu Yasuda Nissan GT-R +21.778 22 11 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Yuji Kunimoto Lexus SC430 +1:16.698 22 12 32 Epson Nakajima Racing Daisuke Nakajima Honda HSV-010 GT +1:33.909 22 13 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Kosuke Matsuura Honda HSV-010 GT +4 Laps 18 Ret 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Yuhi Sekiguchi Nissan GT-R +9 Laps 13 Ret 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Andrea Caldarelli Lexus SC430 +14 Laps 8 Fastest Lap – Yuji Kunimoto, #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus SC430 – 1:32.847

Super Formula results The Super Formula race was held on November 24, 2013. Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Driver Engine Time/Difference Laps 1 39 P.mu/cerumo・Inging Yuji Kunimoto Toyota RV8K 31:27.103 22 2 8 Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans Loïc Duval Toyota RV8K +1.632 22 3 20 Lenovo Team Impul Tsugio Matsuda Toyota RV8K +2.548 22 4 1 Petronas Team TOM'S Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RV8K +3.750 22 5 16 Team Mugen Naoki Yamamoto Honda HR12E +4.661 22 6 19 Lenovo Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira Toyota RV8K +5.257 22 7 2 Petronas Team TOM'S André Lotterer Toyota RV8K +6.209 22 8 7 Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans Ryō Hirakawa Toyota RV8K +9.293 22 9 38 P.mu/cerumo・Inging Kohei Hirate Toyota RV8K +10.307 22 10 10 HP Real Racing Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HR12E +17.589 22 11 3 Kondo Racing Hironobu Yasuda Toyota RV8K +24.256 22 12 41 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Hideki Mutoh Honda HR12E +24.764 22 13 11 HP Real Racing Yuhki Nakayama Honda HR12E +27.569 22 14 15 Team Mugen Takuma Sato Honda HR12E +30.807 22 15 40 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Takuya Izawa Honda HR12E +36.873 22 16 62 Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports Koki Saga Toyota RV8K +37.662 22 17 18 KCMG Richard Bradley Toyota RV8K +41.490 22 18 32 Nakajima Racing Takashi Kogure Honda HR12E +1 Lap 21 Ret 31 Nakajima Racing Daisuke Nakajima Honda HR12E +22 Laps 0 Fastest Lap – Takuya Izawa, #40 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing – 1:25.043

GT300 Race 2 results The second GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Driver Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps 1 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 Hiroki Katoh McLaren MP4-12C GT3 36:42.791 22 2 11 Gainer Katsuyuki Hiranaka Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +0.576 22 3 4 GSR Hatsune Miku Nobuteru Taniguchi BMW Z4 GT3 +4.053 22 4 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Shinichi Takagi Honda CR-Z +4.522 22 5 16 Team Mugen Hideki Mutoh Honda CR-Z +10.500 22 6 10 Gainer Tetsuya Tanaka Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +18.933 22 7 3 NDDP Racing Kazuki Hoshino Nissan GT-R GT3 +19.172 22 8 88 JLOC Hiroki Yoshimoto Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +25.357 22 9 33 Hankook KTR Tomonobu Fujii Porsche 911 GT3-R +27.053 22 10 62 Leon Racing Tsubasa Kurosawa Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +27.397 22 11 30 apr Yuki Iwasaki Nissan GT-R GT3 +28.107 22 12 50 Arnage Racing Hideto Yasuoka Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 +29.712 22 13 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless Naoki Yokomizo Porsche 997 GT3 +30.242 22 14 22 R'Qs MotorSports Hisashi Wada Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +31.067 22 15 31 apr Morio Nitta Toyota Prius +40.680 22 16 86 JLOC Shinya Hosokawa Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +47.873 22 17 9 Pacific Direction Racing Shogo Mitsuyama Porsche 911 GT3-R +49.718 22 18 35 Nismo Athlete Global Team Lucas Ordóñez Nissan GT-R GT3 +50.010 22 19 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Akihiro Tsuzuki Audi R8 LMS ultra +54.581 22 20 48 Dijon Racing Hiroshi Takamori Nissan GT-R GT3 +56.431 22 21 96 Dijon Racing Masaki Tanaka Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 +1 Lap 21 22 61 R&D Sport Tetsuya Yamano Subaru BRZ +2 Laps 20 Ret 5 Team Mach Tetsuji Tamanaka Nissan GT-R GT3 +16 Laps 6 Fastest Lap – Kazuki Hoshino, #3 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT3 – 1:38.432

GT500 Race 2 results The second GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Driver Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps 1 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Kazuya Oshima Lexus SC430 34:31.193 22 2 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Kazuki Nakajima Lexus SC430 +0.229 22 3 12 Calsonic Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira Nissan GT-R +11.921 22 4 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo Kohei Hirate Lexus SC430 +13.093 22 5 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Takuya Izawa Honda HSV-010 GT +18.078 22 6 17 Keihin Real Racing Toshihiro Kaneishi Honda HSV-010 GT +19.611 22 7 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Hiroaki Ishiura Lexus SC430 +20.137 22 8 18 Weider Dome Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Honda HSV-010 GT +30.479 22 9 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Seiji Ara Lexus SC430 +31.473 22 10 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R +32.681 22 11 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Daisuke Ito Lexus SC430 +38.937 22 12 32 Epson Nakajima Racing Ryo Michigami Honda HSV-010 GT +42.993 22 13 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Ralph Firman Honda HSV-010 GT +43.116 22 14 23 Motul Autech NISMO Masataka Yanagida Nissan GT-R +43.634 22 15 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Satoshi Motoyama Nissan GT-R +1:33.225 22 Fastest Lap – Kazuya Oshima, #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus SC430 – 1:32.627

JAF Grand Prix point rankings

References

External links Super GT official website Japanese Championship Super Formula official website